Waxing-machine.



H. A. BALLARD.

WAXING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.1, 1910.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

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H. A. BALLARD.

WAXING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION r11/ED Amm, 1910.

1,112,404. Patented s611129, 1914.

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HARRIE A. BALLARD, or nos'roN, MAssAcnusnrrs, AssisNoR 'ro 'rim `BoYLsTaN` MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or sourir BosroN, iviAssAcriUsnTrs, A` coaPoRA- TION OF NEW JERSEY.

wAXINs-MACHINE.

Specication of Letters Patent. v Ptnted Sept: 29, 1914,

Application led April 1, 1910. Serial No. 552,98.

17 '0 all who/nt it may concern Be it known that I, HARRIE A. BALLARD, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful mprovements in VVaX- ing-lvliachines, of which the following is a specification.

rllhis invention relates to machines employed for a nishing operation in the manufacture of shoes. It is intended to be used for applying wai; to the curved surface of a heel prior to the iinal polishing of the heel.

The invention embodies primarily a stationary yielding surface which is normally flat, and which is adaptedto receive a supply of wax or other substance for coating lthe surface of the heel. The yielding surface is composed of a plurality of units, which are adapted to assume various angular relations, whereby the combined surfaces may be adapted to conform to the outline of the heel when the heel is pressed against them suiciently to displace them from their normal positions.

The invention also includes "a reservoir for the substance with which the heel is to be coated, and means for transferring the substance in small quantities from the reservoir to the work-engaging surface, and for distributing the same over said surface.

The machine herewith illustrated as one form of the invention includes` a `work rest adapted to be engaged by the tread of the heel, and a movable support for the work rest, together with means connecting the work rest with the feedingdevice, whereby the work rest is removed from the yielding work-engaging surface when the feeding device is moved over said yielding surface, and by which the work rest is returned to operative position when the feeding device returns to the reservoir. The mechanism for this purpose may be actuated manually or automatically, and the invention is herewith illustrated as embodying the automatic form.

Referring to the dr'awings,-Figure 1 represents a front elevation of one form of the invention. Fig. 2 represents a right side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 represents a top plan view. Fig. f1 represents portions of the yielding work-engaging means and a piece of work in engagement therewith. Fig 5 represents a vertical section of the reservoir and a heating device therefor. Fig. 6 represents y a transverse section of the reservoir and a gaging means.

textile covering for the `yielding work-enlhe same reference characters indicate same parts Wherever they occur.

The several operative parts hereinafter described may be mounted upon a base l0 `which is provided with a stud or axle l1 4upon which a pulley 121 may be loosely mounted. The machine isprovided with a series o-f chains 13, each comprising working members 1d and pivoted links 14 connecting them, said working members having relativelybroad working faces." The working members are arranged so that their working faces are in contiguous edge to edge relation to present a substantially continuous broad` work-engaging surface. The lower ends of the chains are anchored as indicated at 15, and the upper ends vareconnected to individual levers 16 by which tension maybe exerted upon all the chains, each independently of the others. The levers are pivotally mounted upon a stud 17 supported by the frame 10,` and theirrrear `ends 18 are connected with springs 19 by which yielding tension'is applied to the chains...

'A reservoir 20 is provided below the lower ends .of the chains for containing wax or other suitable material 21.` 22 represents va.

`heating` device suchasa burner arranged beneath the reservoir 20. The reservoir is formed with a central flue 23 at the rear of the chains 13. The burner 22 is arranged directly beneath the flue 23 andthe heat from the burner not only serves to keep the contents 21 of the reservoir in a liquid? state, but serves to keepV the chains sufficiently heated whereby the Vchains may preserve the materiall `21 ina liquid statefwhen they are coated with said material. The rear wall 24.-

of the' flue is inclined, as shown by Figs. 2'

- and 5, for thepurpose of deflecting the heat from` thelburner against the chains 13. A feeding device in the form of a roll Q5 dips into the material 21`inthereservoir and rolls y over the work-engaging surface of the bed,

thereby distributing the material uponthe bed. The roll is mounted on astud 26'car-4 ried by a plunger' 27. Theplu'nger is mount# ed in bearings'QS onan arm or lever 29, and is providedwith a collar 30 and a `helical.

. spring 31 compressed between the collar and the one of .the bearings `28. Thetension of the springfholds the roll :25 against the worll engaging surfaces ofthe chains 13.v

I The lever29" isY mounted upon a' stud .32 and is provided with a rear arm 33 Wh1ch isv connected by a link 34 With one arm 35 i of a. vbell crank 36. f The bell crank is affixed `to a stud 37 mounted in the frame l0, and its forward arm extends downwardly in proximity to the chains 13. A gage plate or work rest 38 is mounted in the lower end ofthe bell crank in the following manner: The end of the bell crank is provided With a split boss 39 adapted to receive a stud 40 affixed to the plate 38. 41 is a screw bolt threaded in the split boss and adapted to compress the boss so as to clamp the stud at any desired position. i |The gage plate may be adjusted by sliding the stud in the split boss When the latter is not compressed.

The levers for supporting the feed roll 25 and the gage yor Work rest 38 are so arranged and connected that when the arm 29 is raised, the feed roll may roll along the Work-engaging surfaces of the chains 13 andthe gage or .Work rest is simultaneously removed' from the path of the roll. When the roll aga-in descends into the reservoir,

' the gage or Work rest is moved back to its operative position adjacent the chains 13.

y A lever 43 is affixed to the stud 37 for rocking the stud so as to actuate the feed roll and the Work rest in the manner described.; .Ihe arm 43 carries a roll 44 which cooperates with a cam groove 45 formed in the pulley 12.y The cam groove 45 is concentric throughout the greater part of its length, and thereby retains the feed roll 25 in the reservoir and the Work rest- .38 ink operative position at all times, excepting for a relatively short period when the feed roll is raised and immediately depressed.

Ashoe may be manipulated as indicated by Fig. 4. The tread 46 of the heel is placed againstv the gage or Work rest 3S and the curved-surface 47 of the heel is held against the Worlrengaging surfaces of the chains 13,. v'Ilhe shoe may be rocked upon the curved surface lof the heel and at the same time moved "downwardly, as indicated by the arrows. In this Way the heel is given a. wiping contact upon the chains Which by reason of their yindividuell yielding capacity, are adapted to conform to the curvature of the surface by which they are displaced.

If desired, a covering 48 of textile fabric, such asv canvas, may be provided for the Work-engaging surfaces of the chains, as indica'ted by Figs. 4 and 6.`

VI-Iaving thus explained the nature of my invention and described a Way of constructing and using the same, although Without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use, What I claimis:

, l. In a device for vapplying dressing to boots'and shoes, a Work bed comprising a .seriesv ofl movable Working members pivotltions, and anchoring members for said series of Working members, the end members of said series of Working members being connected respectively to said anchoring members, said anchoring members being spaced to hold said serios of working members taut.

3. In a device for applying dressing to boots and shoes, a support, a work bed comprising a series of working members pivotally connected to each other and suspended from said support by one end of the series, and means for anchoring the other end of said series of Working members.

4. In a device for applying dressing to boots and shoes, a work bed comprising a series of working members and links connecting said working members ono with another, said links and Working members being pivotally connected, the working sur faces of said working members being in contiguous edge to edge relation in advance of said connecting links, and anchoring means for the ends of said series of Working members.

5. In a device for applying dressing to boots and shoes, a Work bed comprising a series of Working members and links pivotally connecting them, said working 1nembers having Working surfaces in contiguous edge to edge relation and overlapping said connecting links, and anchoring means for the ends of said series of Working members.

G. A machine for Waxing shoes, comprising a sectional bed composed of a plurality of pieces and having a Working surface, said pieces being pivotally mounted and supported With yielding tension normally in one plane and adapted to assume various angles one With relation to another, and a Wax-carrier movably mounted so as to pass along said surface and deposit wax thereon.

7. In a device for applying dressing to boots and shoes, a work bed comprising a plurality of sections arranged side by side in contiguous relation, each of said sections comprising a series of pivotally connected Working members, and anchoring means for the ends of said bed, said bed being suspended between said means.

S. A machine of the character described, having means adapted to be engaged by the work, said means comprising a pliant, covering and a suspended backing of pivotally connected units each adapted to yield bodily and to assume various angles, means for heating said units, and means for coating said covering with wax.

9. A machine of the character described, comprising a waX reservoir, a plurality of chains arranged side by side and extending upwardly from said reservoir and having a work engaging surface, means connected to the Lipper end of each chain for exerting upward yielding tension individually thereon, wax feeding means including a roll adapted to move from within the reservoir and to roll upon said surface t0 deposit Wax thereon, and means for heating the reservoir and the chains.

10. A machine of the character described, comprising a wax reservoir, a plurality of chains arranged side by side and extending upwardly from said reservoir, means connected to the upper end of each chainy for exerting upward yielding tension individually thereon, a pliant covering for said chains adapted to be engaged by the work, and wax feeding means including a roll adapted to roll upon said covering and descend into said reservoir.

l1. A machine of the character described, comprising means presenting a surface adapted to be engaged by the work, wax feeding means including a member adapted to pass over said surface, a Work gage,

adapted to act in the path of said feeding member, and means for removing and re turning said gage `when the feeding mem` ber is moved over said surface.

12. A machine of the character described, comprising means presenting a surface adapted to be engaged bythe work, wax feeding means including a member adapted to pass over said surface, a work gage adapted to act in the path of said feeding member, and means for reciprocating the feeding member and gage so as to avoid each other.

13. A machine `of the character described, comprising means presenting a surface adapted to be engaged by the Work, wax feeding means including a waX reservoir arranged beneath said work-engaging means, and a feeding member movable over said surface from within the reservoir, and a burner arranged beneath said reservoir, said reservoir being formed with a flue adapted to conduct they heat from the `burner and direct it against the rear of said Work-em gaging means.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature,in` presence of two witnesses.

' HARRIE A. BALLARD. Witnesses:

P.` W. PEZZETTI, H. L. ALLEN.

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